Dodgers Minor League Baseball Blog

Francisco Feliz gave up a run in the thirteenth as Inland Empire lost to the Quakes 10-9.  This was after a very rough start by Javy Guerra, who gave up seven runs in 3 2/3 innings.

Russell Mitchell doubled, drove in three runs and scored.  Shane Justis went three for seven with a double and three runs.

In his third inning of work, Carlos Alvarez gave up a single run in the bottom of the eleventh as Inland Empire lost to San Jose 4-3.  Prior to that, Jesus Rodriguez kept the Inland Empire in the game with three shutout innings of relief.

Russell Mitchell was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for five with a double and a run.

Javy Guerra was hit hard and he fell to 5-4 on the season in Inland Empire’s 14-2 loss to San Jose.  He gave up seven runs on seven hits and five walks with six strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Inland Empire’s two runs came on a pair of solo homers.  Lucas May and Russell Mitchell both went yard with nobody on base in the loss.

Francisco Felix fell to 2-2 on the season with a tough start in Inland Empire’s 5-3 loss to the Quakes.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts in four innings.

Ivan De Jesus went three for four with a run and an RBI.  Russell Mitchell belted a solo homerun in the second inning.

Mario Alvarez improved to 2-4 on the season with a nice start in Inland Empire’s 4-2 win over San Jose.  He gave up two runs on just two hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings of work.

Russell Mitchell was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double, a run and an RBI.

James McDonald almost saw what should have been a sure win almost get blown.  He gave up five hits and he struck out five in six shutout innings but in the seventh inning, the pen gave up three runs to make it a one run ball game.  Fortunately, they knuckled down and pitched scoreless ball the rest of the way.

Russell Mitchell went three for three with an RBI.  Blake DeWitt went three for five with a double, a run and an RBI.

Marlon Arias improved to 5-1 on the season with a decent enough start in Inland Empire’s 4-3 win over Lancaster.  He gave up three runs on three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Russell Mitchell hit a solo homerun in the win.  It was his ninth homerun of the season.  Jamie Hoffmann went two for four with a run.

James McDonald dropped to 4-5 on the season with a tough start in Inland Empires 10-8 loss to High Dessert.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and one walk with six strikeouts in four innings.

Jamie Hoffmann went three for four with two RBIs and a run.  Russell Mitchell went three for five with a solo homerun.

Inland Empire’s pitching gave up nineteen runs on nineteen hits in their 19-7 loss.  Jordan Pratt was hit the hardest and he took the loss.  He gave up seven runs in 1 1/3 innings.

Jamie Hoffman drove in three runs in the loss.  Russell Mitchell had three hits, a run and an RBI.

Russell Mitchell hit a solo homerun in the sixth inning and that was all Inland Empire got in the 7-1 loss to Modesto.  Francisco Felix was hit hard and he took the loss.  He gave up four runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Two of the six hits went over the fence.